Lovett / Jones / Turner Ecosystem Function in Heterogeneous Landscapes

2005
ISBN: 978-0-387-24091-6
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 489 Seiten

This groundbreaking work connects the knowledge of system function developed in ecosystem ecology with landscape ecology's knowledge of spatial structure. The book elucidates the challenges faced by ecosystem scientists working in spatially heterogeneous systems, relevant conceptual approaches used in other disciplines and in different ecosystem types, and the importance of spatial heterogeneity in conservation resource management.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lovett, Gary M.

Jones, Clive G.

Turner, Monica G.

Weathers, Kathleen C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Foreword;5
2;Acknowledgments;7
3;Contents;9
4;Contributors;12
5;1 Ecosystem Function in Heterogeneous Landscapes;23
6;Section I Challenges and Conceptual Approaches;27
6.1;2 Causes and Consequencesof Spatial Heterogeneity in Ecosystem Function;30
6.2;3 The Template: Patterns and Processes of Spatial Variation;52
6.3;4 Thoughts on the Generation and Importance of Spatial Heterogeneity in Ecosystems and Landscapes;69
6.4;5 Reciprocal Cause and EffectBetween Environmental Heterogeneity and Transport Processes;87
7;Section II Perspectives from Different Disciplines;110
7.1;6 Population Ecology in Spatially Heterogeneous Environments;113
7.2;7 Heterogeneity in HydrologicProcesses: A Terrestrial Hydrologic Modeling Perspective;137
7.3;8 Spatial Heterogeneity in Infectious Disease Epidemics;155
7.4;9 Spatial Heterogeneity and Its Relation to Processes in the Upper Ocean;183
8;Section IIII llustrations of Heterogeneity and Ecosystem Function;201
8.1;10 Heterogeneity in Arid and Semiarid Lands;206
8.2;11 Formation of Soil-Vegetation Patterns;223
8.3;12 Spatial Patterning of Soil Carbon Storage Across Boreal Landscapes;244
8.4;13 Heterogeneity in Urban Ecosystems: Patterns and Process;271
8.5;14 Origins, Patterns, and Importance of Heterogeneity in Riparian Systems;293
8.6;15 Flowpaths as Integrators of Heterogeneity in Streams and Landscapes;324
8.7;16 Causes and Consequences of Spatial Heterogeneity in Lakes;342
9;Section IV Application of Frameworks and Concepts;361
9.1;17 The Importance of Multiscale Spatial Heterogeneity in Wildland Fire Management and Research;364
9.2;18 The Role of Spatial Heterogeneity in the Management of Freshwater Resources;378
9.3;19 The Roles of Spatial Heterogeneity and Ecological Processes in Conservation Planning;399
10;Section V Synthesis;417
11;20 Challenges in Understanding the Functions of Ecological Heterogeneity;420
12;21 Spatial Pattern and Ecosystem Function: Reflections on Current Knowledge and Future Directions;435
13;22 Spatial Heterogeneity: Past, Present, and Future;450
14;23 Heterogeneity and Ecosystem Function: Enhancing Ecological Understanding and Applications;457
15;24 Conceptual Frameworks: Plan for a Half-Built House;468
16;Index;476